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Here comes a semi-related tangent:

In Indiana, high school basketball is played without a shot clock. Lots of people here hate zone defense. If you haven't lived here this probably won't make sense to you, but just take my word for it. Old men will sometimes start fights at pickup games if someone tries to play zone.

Every couple years some HS coach will decide that they are going to going stall rather than face a zone defense. They instruct their PG to hold the ball until the other team comes out of the zone defense. The opposing team never does so they just stand there for an entire quarter before taking the last shot. The process is repeated in quarters 2 and 3.

In the 4th quarter, one team finds itself ahead by a score of like 6-2 or something. If the Zone team is on defense and down, they will come out of the zone because they have no choice. If the the anti-zone team is down and has the ball they are forced to try to attack the zone.

Its pretty lame but it happens when ego maniacal coaches put themselves above the game. The false start loophole will eventually be similarly exploited.

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LOL, this is awesome. Must be a ton of fun for the people in the stands to watch. I know Indiana is the Home of high school hoops, maybe they're staunch traditionalists and that's why they don't have a shot clock.

Reminds me of my pickup leagues, some teams will be up 4-5 with a minute or two left and will go into stall mode. WTF, we're not even playing for anything but pride but there they are, passing it around the perimeter. So retarded, argh.

Back to your topic, the hate for zone is pretty hilarious. Learn how to break the zone or lobby to make it illegal.